It
may sometimes seem that the only music you can find on the Billboard
music charts is by "bubblegum" artists like Britney Spears
or N Synch, which can get old quickly. But the last decade or so of
Billboard music charts is a vast cavern with many nooks and crannies,
some of which you may not have discovered yet. One of those often
hidden corners -- the Billboard Adult Contemporary / New Age Music
Charts -- contains some delightful treasures from three-time Billboard
winner,whose
albums have sold in excess of 2 million copies.
Respected
throughout the music industry as a trendsetter and compositional genius,
Billboard artist Ray Lynch has resisted the pressure to serve up albums
in rapid-fire succession, choosing instead to take the high road,
assuring that each Adult Contemporary/New Age release captures most
closely the original spirit and intent of the project.
Bruce
Rockwell, Magical Blend Magazine
Though
he's one of the most influential artists in "new-age pop"
and adult-alternative circles, Lynch has extensive formal music training.
. . . Growing numbers of listeners seem attracted to his vibrant electronic
textures and heartrending melodies.
Linda
Kohanov, All Music Guide
Experience
the music of imagination with Billboard artist Ray Lynch:
With
album sales in excess of two million copies worldwide (without performing),
Billboard artist Ray Lynch is one of the top-selling "Adult Contemporary
/ New Age" musicians. Through word-of-mouth alone, Deep Breakfast
became a classic of the New Age genre, and was the first New Age independently
produced album to go Gold, and later became the first independently
produced New Age album to be certified Platinum by the R.I.A.A. Lynch
has won three New Age Billboard music awards, and all of his albums
have been in prominent charting positions on Billboard's New Age music
charts.
Click
on album cover to
hear music samples.
Billboard's
New Age album of the year. Each composition begins with clear, evocative
melodies that gradually unfold, revealing a wide range of strength and
beauty. The theme is a play upon masculine and feminine elements and the
emotional beauty of the music is truly uplifting. This album jumped quickly
onto Billboard's New Age Music Chart, stayed there for 122 weeks and won
its award for Billboard New Age Album of the Year in 1989. That same year,
and again in 1990, Ray won Billboard's Music Award for New Age Artist
of the Year. Features guitar, violin, flute, viola, oboe, cello, English
horn, and keyboards.
1990
Billboard music award:
Instrumental Album of the Year
1990
Billboard music award: Instrumental Artist of the Year
1989
Billboard music award: Instrumental Artist of the Year
free
billboard music mp3 download:
The True Spirit of Mom & Dad (complete track)
One
of the top 10 New Age albums of all time. Ray's most recent album.
Here you'll find nine truly great (and digitally remastered!)
pieces from Ray's prior four albums -- including the Billboard
Music Award winning No Blue Thing, and the #1 album on the Billboard
music chart for adult-alternative music, Nothing Above My Shoulders
but the Evening. You'll also find two exquisite new compositions,
"Ralph's Rhapsody" and "The Music of What Happens", plus a great
dance remix of "Celestial Soda Pop " Ray Lynch Best Of is included
in Express.com's Top Ten New Age albums of all time:
The
great recluse of New Age music, synthesist/composer Ray Lynch
has been holed up in his northern California home studio for
years, spinning out masterful miniatures, while steadfastly
refusing to tour or score films. This album lives up to its
title, serving up the finest of Lynch's diverse oeuvre, from
the jocular “Ralph's Rhapsody” to the synthesized
mini-symphony “The True Spirit of Mom & Dad.”
The platinum-selling multiple-Billboard Award winner enjoyed
one sizeable hit in his career, the witty “Celestial Soda
Pop” (you'll recognize it), but turn to tracks like “The
Temple” or “The Oh of Pleasure” to experience
Lynch's unfettered genius for maximizing tonal space.
Express.com
music review
free
billboard music mp3 download:
Ralph's Rhapsody (complete track)
The
first Independently released New Age Gold album. Even if you don't recognize
the name, you've probably heard music from THE classic Ray Lynch album.
Deep Breakfast is certified Platinum by the R.I.A.A. with current sales
in excess of 1,256,000 copies worldwide. It's playful and uplifting,
rich with romantic, melodic themes and playful arrangements. Features
viola, piano, guitar, flute, and keyboards. Deep Breakfast remained
on the Billboard music chart for years, as you can see from the 1994
Billboard music chart, where, after ten years, Deep Breakfast is still
at position number 10.
free
billboard music mp3 download:
Celestial Soda Pop (complete track)
This masterful
album offers a musical depth, structural sophistication and emotional
richness that summarizes Ray's classical background. It marks the completion
of a major phase of his artistic work. "
The Vanished Gardens of Cordoba ",
the most orchestral piece Ray has done, expresses the majesty and the
melancholy of incarnation, the paradox of human existence with both
the promise of possible transcendence and inevitable mortality (with
all the melancholy attending the perception of a paradise lost). Passionate
and stirring melodies with members of the San Francisco Symphony on
flute, English horn, oboe, solo strings, guitars, piano, brass, and
his trademark richly textured keyboards.
1994
Billboard music charts: #1 in Top Adult Alternative music
free
billboard music mp3 download:
The Vanished Gardens of Córdoba
(complete track)
whose
albums have sold in excess of 2 million copies.
